She was born in Somali, settled in the Netherlands and was elected to the Dutch Parliament. She says that her fierce criticism of religion grows out of her own shattering personal experience.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Music historian Henry Sapoznik tells the story of Blind Alfred Reed and one of the early American protest songs.
David Liss talks about how different trials were in the 18th century, and explains that modern patterns of thinking were only beginning to take hold.
Craig Childs is a naturalist and nature writer whose latest book is "The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild." He talks with Steve Paulson about some of his life-threatening encounters with wild creatures and why he's not especially worried in the wild.
Food critic Carolyn Wyman talks with Steve Paulson about the history of Wonder Bread.
Daniel Smith talks about his book, "Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety."
Philosopher David Benatar argues that its time we paid more attention to gender discrimination against men. He's the author of "The Second Sexism."
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